IPL 2020: Yuvraj Singh in awe of Gayle's power-hitting; surprised by Bangalore's strategy

On Friday, former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh hailed  West Indies legend Chirs Gayle's batting performance in his comeback match for Punjab. Punjab batter me full use of opportunity and anunced his arrival by hitting a brilliant 45-ball 53. Chris Gayle's kck was laced with one four and five towering sixes.

In awe of Gayle's power-hitting, Yuvraj Singh took to Twitter and furr lauded skipper KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal for giving team a good start. Furrmore, Singh said he was surprised by Bangalore's decision of demoting AB de Villiers down order. 

Bangalore think tank surprised everyone by altering batting order as y promoted Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube ahe of AB de Villiers. This move raised a lot of eyebrows as fans questioned intention behind demoting AB de Villiers, who h recently played a match-winning kck of 73 off 33 balls against Kolkata.

Veteran batsman AB de Villiers, who was in blistering form when franchise last played at venue in Dream11 IPL 2020, could t replicate  same success this time around. AB de Villiers h a short stay at crease and could only man 2 runs from 5 deliveries. 

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Virat Kohli opens up on decision to demote AB de Villiers

After Bangalore-Punjab game was done and dusted, Virat Kohli was asked about decision to promote Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube ahe of AB de Villiers. Bangalore skipper responded saying that manment h a discussion about  left-hand, right-hand combination which is why AB de Villiers was sent in at . 6. However, Kohli ackwledged it was his decision and ded that sometimes se decisions taken, don’t come off. 

Virat Kohli furr said that 170 was a decent target. 31-year old reckoned that  mess to Sundar and Dube was to go after bowling attack and hit big shots but y weren't able to put opposition under pressure. Virat Kohli stated that y take a lot of pride as a bowling side, but Thursday was t one of those nights as thing worked out for m.

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